{"id":5169,"date":"2011-05-26T02:35:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T02:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/select-photos-from-the-fourth-annual-pink-party\/"},"modified":"2011-05-26T02:35:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-26T02:35:00","slug":"select-photos-from-the-fourth-annual-pink-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/select-photos-from-the-fourth-annual-pink-party","title":{"rendered":"Select Photos from the Fourth Annual Pink Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 2px; width: 660px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/m_image1306375904-1609.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>12:05am | <\/strong>The fourth annual Pink Party, which benefits The Center\u2019s Mentoring Youth Through Empowerment Program, kicked off Gay Pride weekend in Long Beach last Friday night.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><\/span>The highlight of the party begins on stage about an hour in when drag queens take the runway lip-syncing to predictable gay standards meshed with wholly unexpected tunes that incite roars of laughter from the audience. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><\/span>Throw in some local politicians, a <span>Pink<\/span> Hair station hosted by The Den Salon, the Hotel Maya Hookah Lounge, a Face &amp; Body Painting booth, and a hundred or so kids wildly gyrating to the music provided by DJ Lezlee, and you have a party worthy of the city&#8217;s Gay Pride Festival&#8217;s launch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em>All photos by Daniel deBoom<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 2px; width: 660px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/m_image1306375918-97534.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"width: 660px; margin: 2px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/m_image1306375943-14717.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 2px; width: 660px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/m_image1306375960-82380.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"width: 660px; margin: 2px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/m_image1306378192-33367.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 2px; 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